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There will be some specialist roles for which people will be expected to be trained up, but others where training will be given. The jobs will be advertised locally with the emphasis on local recruitment, it is stressed.

A deal which will see about 20 Sellafield staff transferred to work in the Copeland Borough Council’s offices in Whitehaven soon after Christmas was finalised this week.

Neither Sellafield Ltd nor the council will disclose financial details due to “commercial confidentality”.

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Why do they have to be local, surely this is discrimination?? if your qualifications and skills match and you are willing to move i would rather they beemployed than some of the locals...who may not fit the bill...

Posted by Dave Smith on
7 December 2012 at 15:34

Whilst I am happy to see jobs coming to the area, I am not sure there is any value for money for me an ordinary tax payer. I have four friends who started working for Sellafield Ltd in recent years , Health Physics, Process and Admin, all tell a similar story. They didn't believe the stories about the place before they started but the reality is they could do their jobs in half the time and get bored with the lack of meaningful work. I have no doubt there are some staff there do a full days work but many do not.